Subject: Christians before Jesus came |
Bible Note: Greetings Chesed! Of course, I could turn your argument around and say that you reject the verbal, plenary inspiration of Scripture because of your a priori approach to Scripture! :-) As I mentioned in my previous post to you my friend, there is a world of difference in saying that Matthew 'made up' an application and saying that a prophesy had an even greater meaning than just what it meant to the people of the time of it's utterance. If you claim that Matthew was 'wrong' or simply 'making up' an application, then I would say that you are wrong. The reason I reject the 'pesher' method arguement is not simply because I believe in inspiration. I reject it because there is no 'evidence' that the Gospel writers are using this method. Some 'claim' that they are, but this is not evidence. :-) Further, how does Mark contradict Matthew? Matthew mentions both the colt and the mother. Mark simply mentions the colt. There is no contradition here. 'Contradiction' is one of the most misused words in the English language. A contradiction is one source saying 'A' and another source saying 'NOT A'. Matthew says 'A and B', while Mark only mentions 'A'. This is not a contradiction - by definition. :-) So, since you never answered my previous question, am I too assume that you do believe that Matthew was 'wrong' in applying Zech. 9 to Jesus? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |